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Human dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens in the Russian Federation—remarks concerning epidemiology

Year: 2014

Type: letter

Abstract: A valuable contribution to the knowledge on Dirofilaria repens dirofilariasis in the Russian Federation was recently published.1 However, the epidemiological part of the manuscript requires some comments. The authors compared the number of human dirofilariasis cases described up to 2011 in Russia to the number of human D. repens infections described worldwide up to 2000 – 701 and 782 cases, respectively.2,3

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.04.009

Authors: Aleksander Masny, Rusłan Sałamatin, Danuta Cielecka, Vitaliy O. Kharchenko, David Bruce Conn, Ezbieta Golab

Institutions: Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego PZH – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Medical University of Warsaw, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Berry College

Language: English

Topic: Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,900

OpenAlex ID: W2098549296

Cites: 10

Cited by: 8

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